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- The New Invasive Pest Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in India and its Natural Enemies along with Evaluation of Trichogrammatids for its Biological Control
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1 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560 024, IN
1 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560 024, IN
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Current Science, Vol 110, No 11 (2016), Pagination: 2155-2159Abstract
The South American tomato moth Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is a devastating pest of tomato. In the present study Tuta-adapted strains of Trichogramma were evaluated. Amongst the three species, Trichogramma achaeae Nagaraja and Nagarkatti, Trichogramma pretiosum Riley and Trichogrammatoidea bactrae Nagaraja could parasitise T. absoluta eggs and the parasitism rates were 5.0%, 51.1% and 68.2% respectively. Adults emerged from the parasitized T. absoluta eggs (4.8%, 97.5% and 90.0% adult emergence respectively). The F1 generation adults of T. pretiosum could parasitise 29% of Corcyra cephalonica Stainton eggs, while the other two species were not successful in parasitizing. In addition, four 'hymenopteran' parasitoids, viz. T. achaeae, Neochrysocharis formosa (Westwood), Habrobracon sp. and Goniozus sp. were also observed to be associated with T. absoluta in the fields during the surveys undertaken in southern India.Keywords
Invasive Pest, India, Natural Enemies, Tuta absoluta.Full Text
- Functional Response of Three Species of Predatory Pirate Bugs to Different Densities of Blossom Thrips, Frankliniella schultzei Trybom (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
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1 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560 024, IN
2 ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi, Delhi 110 012, IN
1 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560 024, IN
2 ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi, Delhi 110 012, IN
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Current Science, Vol 118, No 5 (2020), Pagination: 827-833Abstract
The functional response of three anthocorid bugs, namely Blaptostethus pallescens Poppius, Cardiastethus affinis Poppius and Montandoniola indica Yamada (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) was assessed by feeding them with different densities of thrips larvae of Frankliniella schultzei (Trybom) in the laboratory. Predation rate of all the three species increased with increasing prey densities. Both B. pallescens and C. affinis exhibited type-II response and M. indica exhibited type-III response. Among the predators, M. indica proved to be effective as it showed highest predation rate, higher 1/Th, higher a/Th and lowest handling time followed by B. pallescens. It is evident from the present study that M. indica and B. pallescens could be used in augmentative biological control programmes for thrips.Keywords
Anthocorid Bugs, Blossom Thrips, Functional Response, Predation Rate.Full Text
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- Isolation and Characterization of Indigenous Nucleopolyhedrovirus Infecting Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in India
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G. Sivakumar
1,
M. Kannan
2,
S. Ramesh Babu
3,
M. Mohan
1,
M. Sampath Kumar
1,
P. Raveendran
1,
T. Venkatesan
1,
R. Rangeshwaran
1,
Chandish R. Ballal
1,
P. Ram Kumar
1
Affiliations
1 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Hebbal, Bengaluru 560 024, IN
2 Department of Plant Protection, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, IN
3 Agricultural Research Station, Borwat Farm, MPUAT, Banswara 327 001, IN
1 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Hebbal, Bengaluru 560 024, IN
2 Department of Plant Protection, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, IN
3 Agricultural Research Station, Borwat Farm, MPUAT, Banswara 327 001, IN
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Current Science, Vol 119, No 5 (2020), Pagination: 860-864Abstract
Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an invasive insect pest of maize in India. Natural occurrence of nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) infection on S. frugiperda larvae was recorded in 2018 during surveys conducted in maize fields in Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka, and Coimbatore and Tirupattur districts of Tamil Nadu. A strain of S. frugiperda nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpfrNPV NBAIR1) infecting S. frugiperda was isolated from the diseased larvae; morphological and biological characteristics were studied. Electron microscopic studies showed tetrahedral-shaped SpfrNPV occlusion bodies (OBs) of size 1.64 μm. Dose–mortality bioassays revealed that first, second and third instar larvae were equally susceptible (LC50 3.71–5.02 OBs/mm2) to SpfrNPV infection. A PCR technique for detection of viral DNA in S. frugiperda NPV was developed by employing the polyhedrin gene (polh)-specific primers. The amplicon of 618 bp was amplified, sequenced and NCBI GenBank accession number was obtained (MT422725). Blast analysis revealed that SpfrNPV conserved polh gene sequence matched 100% with the reference GenBank sequence (J04333) from the NCBI database which confirmed the identity of the SpfrNPV.Keywords
Insect Pests, Maize, Nucleopolyhedrovirus, Spodoptera frugiperda.Full Text
- A Simple Protocol for Rearing a Native Predatory Mite Neoseiulus indicus
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1 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru 560 024, IN
2 Medicinal Plants Research and Extension Centre, Ramakrishna Mission, Narendrapur, Kolkata 700 103, IN
1 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru 560 024, IN
2 Medicinal Plants Research and Extension Centre, Ramakrishna Mission, Narendrapur, Kolkata 700 103, IN
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Current Science, Vol 120, No 12 (2021), Pagination: 1923-1926Abstract
The indigenous phytoseiid predatory mite Neoseiulus indicus (Narayanan and Kaur) was recorded by several Indian researchers as a predator of different species of phytophagous mites including Oligonychus indicus, Tetranychus urticae, T. neocaledonicus, T. ludeni, T. macfarleni, Polyphagotarsonemus latus and the astigmatid mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae. For the first time in the country, a simple protocol has been developed for mass rearing of N. indicus in closed units on the astigmatid mite T. putrescentiae, which in turn could be maintained on a wheat bran medium. Neoseiulus indicus has been successfully and continuously mass reared for more than four years at the ICARNBAIR, Bengaluru, India. A simple release methodology has also been developed for the mass reared predatory mites. This rearing protocol can be adopted by commercial units and also by farmers/polyhouse growers as an on-farm production system.Keywords
Astigmatid Mite, Mass Rearing, Phytoseiid Predatory Mite, Simple Rearing Protocol.Full Text
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